There comes a point in every travelers life when we suddenly realize that we are OBSESSED with travel and we are beyond help. Since moving to Germany, my wanderlust has grown tenfold and left me salivating for more and more and more travel. My house is decorated in travel theme, maps and travel books. If I am not traveling, I am daydreaming about traveling, trying to figure out the next day trip or vacation I can squeeze in. And I’m sure, I am NOT the only obsessed traveler out there who can’t quench her/his thirst for more.
Below is a list of symptoms that may help you to recognize whether or not you are OBSESSED with travel.
1. Your bookshelf is full of Travel Books
2. Your Pinterest account is full of travel quotes
3. Your Pinterest account has more boards of places you want to visit
4. Your house is covered in maps and globes
5. You make Modge Podge travel themed home accessories
6. You watch the Travel Channel and want to be Samantha Brown
7. Your passport is filled with stamps and left over luggage stickers
8. You save all your travel documents for future scrapbooking
9. You scrapbook/journal all of your travels
10. You are a picture whore who takes the same picture 50 times to get a good one with you and the Eiffel Tower behind you.
11. You have done the touristy thing and held the Eiffel Tower in your hands and holding the Leaning Tower of Pisa up.
12. You proudly display your travel souvenirs in your house
13. You are contemplating having a travel themed wedding
14. You love to read Travel-Chick Lit books
15. You have a special bag you only use for traveling
16. You have travel themed jewelry
17. You collect T-Shirts from every country you visit (or shot glasses!)
18. You refuse to leave somewhere without eating traditional, authentic food
19. You refuse to leave somewhere until you have experienced a traditional tradition
20. You are fully researched about the history and culture of your next vacation
21. Your pictures from all your adventures are on every wall and shelf available in your house
22. You are addicted to the Weather Channel because surprisingly they have really great travel videos
23. You are subscribed to more than one travel magazine
24. You plan out your vacations for the next year based on holidays
25. You have a travel bucket list!
26. You speak more than one language (or you know how to order a beer in multiple languages!)
27. You are downright appalled when someone informs you they don’t have a passport and you direct them to the nearest Post Office
28. You immediately eavesdrop on other conversations the minute you hear a different language
29. You aspire to write a travel memoir one day
30. Your family and friends live on Facebook and Skype
31. Your iPhone has the weather temperatures in more than 5 cities around the world
32. Your iPhone also has the time clocks from multiple cities around the world
33. You live in conversion rates
34. You live counting the time zones
35. You read travel blogs
36. You are jealous that other people come from other parts of the world, only to realize they are just as jealous of you
37. You have friends on your Facebook that you met on your travels, who you will probably never see again
38. You keep track of how many cities and countries you have visit by using the Facebook Trip Advisor “Cities I’ve Visited” app
39. You love the travel section of BuZZfeed and Huffingtonpost
40. You have seen EuroTrip more times than you care to admit
41. You want to work for a travel agency or cruise line
42. You begin sentences with “When I was in …”
43. When you don’t need a scale to know your luggage is too heavy
44. You start denken auf two languages at the same Zeit.
45. You flick through your passport just to see the stamps
46. You have considered getting (or have) a travel themed tattoo
47. You have a hard time lending someone your suitcase because you might need it
48. You don’t plan trips to go shopping, but to see the wonders of that city
49. You have multiple people wanting to meet you somewhere around the world
50. You know your way around multiple cities like a local
51. You stay in on a Friday and Saturday night because you are saving for your next vacation
52. You have made your own vacation savings jar
53. Your family has a stack of postcards from your trips around the world
54. You know the airport codes for multiple airports
55. You know all the cheap travel websites for hotels and flights
56. You take travel quizzes, map quizzes, world quizzes, monuments quizzes
57. You love flags
58. You know the difference between Gelato and ice cream
59. You get serious Post-travel blues and constantly go back and look at your pictures
60. You have a special travel drawer in your dresser
61. You have plug adaptors for different regions in the world
62. You have an unconditional love of airports for some reason
63. You cant sleep the week before your next vacation
64. You have songs related to traveling
65. You get the shakes when you haven’t traveled anywhere for a while
66. You tell people your hobby is traveling
67. You write a travel blog
68. You know how to swear in different languages
69. You have more friends around the world than at home
70. Your Facebook feed has status updates in more than 5 languages
71. Your family is lucky to see you once a year
72. Your friends ask you “Where are you now?”
73. Your boss asks you “Where are you going now?”
74. You’re in a relationship with someone from a different country
75. You joined multiple travel groups on Facebook
76. You can draw a map of Europe on a napkin without looking at a map
77. You know all the capitals of Europe
78. You have a jar filled with coins from around the world
79. You are constantly daydreaming about where you will go next
80. You book your next vacation after your first day back to work
81. You plan your vacations around a traditional festival in that country
82. You call more than one place home
83. You work to travel. That’s it.
84. You don’t get jetlag anymore
85. You moved to Europe (or your favorite country) just so you could travel more for less
86. Your Christmas list is filled with travel related gifts
Be sure to check out these other posts
11 Reasons Why You Should Travel
20 Reasons to Travel in Your 20s
80 Things Travel Has Taught Me
The Struggles of Being an Expat
What I’ve Learned as an Expat!
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February 6, 2015 at 12:40 pm
Love this. Can totally relate! 🙂
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May 20, 2015 at 11:02 am
Hahahaha! Found myself nodding my head through the list, especially the language-related ones! Naja, sometimes all die Sprachen get mixed up in meinem Kopf… *g* No.68 is also important, because even if you don’t swear, you know if someone is swearing in the vicinity. Once, I heard a bunch of people speaking French and thought of walking up to say hello and practice my French; upon getting closer, all I heard them say was “putain” so I shied away…
May 20, 2015 at 11:32 am
I don’t know Italian although I’d like to learn but I do no one verry not so nice F-word haha
May 27, 2015 at 3:14 pm
Haha to be honest I picked up most of the Italian swear words I know from an interesting journal article 😀
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July 8, 2016 at 10:10 pm
I definitely can relate to a lot of these points. Wish I was better at currency conversions though, I always have to use my phone to calculate!
July 9, 2016 at 7:06 am
I have a Fahrenheit to Celsius cheat sheet taped to my cabinet above my stove haha
July 9, 2016 at 8:42 am
Haha, I can relate to many of these points! Your scrapbook looks amazing; I tried it for a while but gave up as I just don’t have an artistic bone in my body. I can appreciate a good scrapbook when I saw one, though! I think scrapbooking is becoming something of a lost art; hope you keep it up!
July 9, 2016 at 9:16 am
Ooh thank you! That is my European version of scrapbooking because it’s so difficult to get nice embellishments or paper in Europe without ordering online. My books back in the states are waaay more detailed. Unfortunately, I have started making my books with an easy DIY website. If I ever move back to the states I might pick it up again. However I agree with you, it’s definitely becoming a lost art already. 😦
July 9, 2016 at 11:48 am
Really enjoyed this! And I too am very impressed with that scrapbook – I love seeing my handwriting in books which probably explains why I’m still writing ALL notes and pretty much anything down on paper before I put it on a screen… I can definitely relate to lots of the things on your list too.
July 9, 2016 at 11:50 am
Thank you 🙂 ya this scrapbook became more of a journal scrapbook than a fancy big scrapbook which was fun for a change! I even have pop ups and pull me tabs!
July 9, 2016 at 11:58 am
Wow! I honestly love the idea.
July 9, 2016 at 11:59 am
It was definitely fun to make!
July 9, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Haha – I don’t scrapbook (though I do save all my bits and pieces, maybe I should start!) but I was nodding along to a lot of these. My daughter is starting school in September, and as we’re still getting confirmation of which one, I discovered the one she’s currently allocated begins term mid-month. My first thought? Oooh, we could fit in an early September holiday then… #theweeklypostcard
July 9, 2016 at 2:21 pm
Haha I’m always trying to cram in a trip somewhere 🙂
July 10, 2016 at 2:03 am
Yes, I can relate to many of these. I just don’t feel complete unless I have a trip somewhere booked and another being researched.
July 10, 2016 at 10:32 am
Ha! I can relate to so many of these 🙂 except jet lag–even after all my travels it STILL hurts! What’s your secret?!
July 10, 2016 at 7:12 pm
Love it, I can totally relate to a lot of those, but especially 83 – honestly, that’s the only thing that gets me up in the morning and motivates me to go to work. I never understand friends who say stuff like “Oh, I spent too much money on travel this year, I can’t go on another trip”, haha
July 10, 2016 at 7:33 pm
I agree! I hate it when people say that! I’m having this problem for my wedding – some people are saying they can’t make it because it’s too expensive – actually it’s not. You just gotta search for good deals and be willing to spend the money for a good experience!
July 11, 2016 at 3:08 pm
I definitely can relate to most of these!!! Your travel scrapbook is lovely! I keep on thinking I should make one for my next trip. 🙂
July 11, 2016 at 3:09 pm
Thank you! I’ve been a life long scrapbooker and think it’s a great way to preserve your memories and share them with friends and family and for future generations!